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<p><strong><span style="color: #333399;">16th August 2011</span></strong></p>
<p><span style="color: #333399;">Today we had a tea and cake afternoon to raise money for S.P.R.I.N.G. It has been 2 years since Teddy Simmons died and we wanted to gather friends together in memory of him. Having Tabitha, now 8 months old, is wonderful and it was a joy to see all of her baby friends together.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333399;">Thanks for your donations.</span></p>
<p><span style="color: #333399;">Mel, Jon and Tabby too x</span></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #000000;">Donations can now be made using your phone. </span></span></strong><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #000000;">Just send a text to 70070 with the message </span></span><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="textMessage">TEDY99 and the amount you want to give.</span></span></span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #000000;"><span class="textMessage">To: 70070<br /><span class="textMessage">TEDY99<br />£2</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333399;"><span style="color: #000000;"> </span> </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Jon and I have been amazed by your generosity and the amount raised. Thank you so much for looking at this site and donating.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #ff0000;">Melanie </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">Please donate what you can – SPRING have been so helpful to us and others in our situation. For us it meant that our baby boy could be delivered in a private suite which, although part of the antenatal unit, felt less like a hospital as it had its own lounge, bedroom and bathroom. They also offer counselling and support throughout by employing a dedicated bereavement counsellor. It is such a needed and deserved charity – helping people through an impossible time. We were unaware that such a service existed and will be forever grateful of it.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">Our baby had a complex mix of foetal abnormalities which meant that he would spend a short life in an incubator – if he ever made it that far. So, with much sadness, we prevented this pain so that he could rest in peace.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">The story of our baby boy can be found on the geeps website exomphalos discussion forum – within the ‘closure using a silo’ thread.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">We didn’t name our baby as prior to his birth no name fitted – to me a sign that he was to forever stay a baby. He was beautiful – about the length of a size 7 shoe and only weighing 320g. He was called ‘Baby Simmons’ – a name that puts a smile on our faces.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">I would like something positive to come from such a difficult situation. Please give what you can – if everyone gave £1 it would help. I have hopefully removed the ability to leave names and amounts so that donations can be made anonymously. I think they also do a monthly scheme so that a few pounds can be donated each month.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">Family and friends have been wonderful – we’re lucky people.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">Many thanks in advance and for your support. </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #800080;">Melanie and Jon</span></p>
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